A vacation-shortened, but wholly necessary, version …Action: NCAA denies USC’s appeal of Reggie Bush-related sanctions, upholding 2011 postseason ban and three-years of scholarship reductions.
Reaction I: Sure, you could make a pretty good case that the sanctions are out of line with the violations. But there’s no denying that during the Mike Garrett/Pete Carroll era, USC’s oversight of compliance matters was, at best, poor — certainly, it was nowhere near the rigorous level the NCAA demands. And that, in many ways, is the bottom line.
Reaction II: Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott’s reaction — he was “extremely disappointed” and said the ban had a “devastating effect” on players who were in junior high and elementary school at the time of the infractions — was strong and supportive of his school … and mostly on the mark. Scott missed, or purposefully avoided, one important point: The process took so long, in part, because of USC’s arrogance and stonewalling. Had the Trojans reacted swiftly — had they dismissed Garrett, been fully cooperative and begged for mercy from the outset — the situation would have been resolved long ago.
Reaction I: Sure, you could make a pretty good case that the sanctions are out of line with the violations. But there’s no denying that during the Mike Garrett/Pete Carroll era, USC’s oversight of compliance matters was, at best, poor — certainly, it was nowhere near the rigorous level the NCAA demands. And that, in many ways, is the bottom line.
Reaction II: Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott’s reaction — he was “extremely disappointed” and said the ban had a “devastating effect” on players who were in junior high and elementary school at the time of the infractions — was strong and supportive of his school … and mostly on the mark. Scott missed, or purposefully avoided, one important point: The process took so long, in part, because of USC’s arrogance and stonewalling. Had the Trojans reacted swiftly — had they dismissed Garrett, been fully cooperative and begged for mercy from the outset — the situation would have been resolved long ago.
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